D&D 5E Playtest Packet soon to be removed: ooohhhh!

[Morrus]

Yeah, there's pretty much zero evidence of PDFs cannibalising print sales. Companies have been monitoring that to a degree of paranoia for over a decade now. What happens is people buy both, plus those who would never have bought the hardcover take a punt on the cheap PDF.

 

[TarionzCousin]

Yeah, there's pretty much zero evidence of PDFs cannibalising print sales. Companies have been monitoring that to a degree of paranoia for over a decade now. What happens is people buy both, plus those who would never have bought the hardcover take a [-]punt[/-] chance on the cheap PDF.

Translated to American English.

And I agree. I've done this more times than I can remember. I've bought lots of PDF's I don't know if I'll ever use, primarily because they were cheap enough that I thought it was worth the risk.

 

[Atomo]

Translated to American English.

But British English is more charming, at least for these foreign ears

 

[mach1.9pants]

And also correct English it being, you know, from England!

 

[Salamandyr]

"take a punt" isn't American?

It's a completely transparent expression to anyone who's ever watched an American football game!

 

[Gadget]

"take a punt" isn't American?

It's a completely transparent expression to anyone who's ever watched an American football game!

I think you are misreading the phrase. In American English, "punting" on something (I've never heard it put as 'taking a punt', which wouldn't make sense) is a reference to American Football and means passing on or deferring an opportunity, such as in American Football when a team fails to advance the ball far enough to get a new set of downs and opts to 'punt' the ball to their opponents to give their defense better field position. This is clearly not the way Morris was using it.

 

[Morrus]

Jeez, guys, thread hijack! "Take a punt on something" means to "take a chance on" or "gamble on". No, nothing to do with American football.

 

[TarionzCousin]

Jeez, guys, thread hijack! "Take a punt on something" means to "take a chance on" or "gamble on". No, nothing to do with American football.

Just admit you love American football and we'll move on.

 

[TrippyHippy]

What happens to game companies that don't release their games in pdf is they leave the door wide open for others to produce pirate copies themselves, and people who otherwise wouldn't bother with illegal downloads end up taking these because there isn't any other option.

When companies don't produce pdfs they are eating into their own profits.

 

[TrippyHippy]

Yeah, there's pretty much zero evidence of PDFs cannibalising print sales. Companies have been monitoring that to a degree of paranoia for over a decade now. What happens is people buy both, plus those who would never have bought the hardcover take a punt on the cheap PDF.

Yo dawg! Don't believe the hype! PDFs are tha mutha-f***ing king, bitch!! Uncle Sam can twist that sonofabitch sideways and stick it up his candy ass! Tooootaally….etc

Translated into American English.